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petsa · 2008-05-31, 23:24

Hi Colin,

I wouldn't say that is surprise given the amount of effort needed to decode HDTV. Without gfx card acceleration I had about 20-30% CPU with SDTV and 60% at HDTV on a C2D at 2.4 GHz. With HW acc I get 1-5% with SDTV and about 10-15% with HDTV.

Four alternatives as far as I know:

1. Better CPU

2. HW acceleration on gfx card, not sure if yuor can do that

3. More efficient codec, CoreAVC regarded as the most efficient T think, not sure it would be enough though

4. Don't watch HDTV

/Peter

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petsa MP Donator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 485 Thanks: 5 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Country: My System	Hi Colin, I wouldn't say that is surprise given the amount of effort needed to decode HDTV. Without gfx card acceleration I had about 20-30% CPU with SDTV and 60% at HDTV on a C2D at 2.4 GHz. With HW acc I get 1-5% with SDTV and about 10-15% with HDTV. Four alternatives as far as I know: 1. Better CPU 2. HW acceleration on gfx card, not sure if yuor can do that 3. More efficient codec, CoreAVC regarded as the most efficient T think, not sure it would be enough though 4. Don't watch HDTV /Peter